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History Notes: West In Between the War

Total questions: 146

Worksheet time: 2hrs 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Woodrow Wilson had many high hopes for the League of Nations. But this organization wasn't effective in maintaining (a)   .

2.

a system in which private farms were eliminated

(a)  

3.

(a)   people were an anti-semetic key part of Nazi ideology

4.

In 1993 laws depriving (a)   people of rights began to be passed

5.

In 1938, (a)   was the real beginning of the elimination of Jews from German life

6.

Published his General Theory of Employment

(a)  

7.

  • Comes to power after the death Lenin



(a)  

8.

  • 1922 he became secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party



(a)  

9.

  • A role that enabled Stalin to appoint his allies to government jobs and grew a base of political support



(a)  

10.

  •  Central Committee of the Communist Party had the role that enabled him to appoint his allies to government jobs and grow a base of political support



(a)  

11.

  • Collectivized farming and enemies into labor camps or executed



(a)  

12.

  • Communist



(a)  

13.

  • General Secretary of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR)



(a)  

14.

  • Totalitarian dictator



(a)  

15.

  • Intended to transform the Soviet Union from a peasant society into an industrial superpower



(a)  

16.

When Hitler became Chancellor he put millions of (a)   to work - constructed factories, built highways, manufactured weapons, served in the military 

17.

A committee that had become the leading policy-making body of the Communist party

(a)  

18.

a modified version of the old capitalist system

(a)  

19.

Glories the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government

(a)  

20.

a government that aims to control the political economic, social, intelectual, and cultural lives of its citizens.

(a)  

21.

The Hitler Youth is also known as

(a)  

22.

  • (a)   are required to join the Hitler Youth or League of German Girls in Germany

23.

  • (a)   were forbidden to criticize Nazis or the government

24.

  • Burned books that did not conform to Nazi ideology



(a)  

25.

  • Turned press, radio, literature, painting, and film into propaganda tools



(a)  

26.

  • unemployment dropped from 6 million to 1.5 million in 1936 thanks to this person in Germany



(a)  

27.

When Hitler became Chancellor he put millions of Germans to work -

a)

constructed factories

b)

built highways

c)

manufactured weapons

d)

served in the military 

e)

farmers

28.

  • Took control of the economy - laws banned strikes, dissolved independent labor unions gave government authority over business and labor



(a)  

29.

The Great Purges is also known as the

(a)  

30.

  •  shocked Germans into total obedience  



(a)  

31.

Nazi secret police

(a)  

32.

  • Creation of the (a)   , - black-shirted elite protection squad loyal only to Hitler - 1934

33.

  • Said Germans (¨Aryans¨) were a master race and said non-Aryans (Jews, Slavs, Gypsies) were inferior



(a)  

34.

  • With the Reichdtsg under Nazi control, Hitler banned all other (a)   parties, had opponents arrested

35.

  • Nazis blamed the __________ for the fire (the fire was set by a mentally unstable _________ at the urging and with the help of the Nazis) and won parliamentary control by a slim majority



(a)  

36.

When Hitler became a Chancellor 6 days before the election, a fire destroyed the (a)  

37.

When Hitler became chancellor he called for ____ _________ (to win a parliamentary majority in the Reichstag)

(a)  

38.

Hitler came to power legally as a chancellor thanks to president _____ ____ ___________

(a)  

39.

To Hitler, Aryans were a _______ ______

(a)  

40.

prime minister

(a)  

41.

Conservative leaders convinced President _____ ____ ________ to name Hitler as Chancellor

(a)  

42.

Conservative leaders believed they could (a)   Hitler and use him for their purposes

43.

  • Nazi Party the largest (a)   party by 1932

44.

  • said Germany was overcrowded and needed lebensraum (living space), that land would be Eastern Europe and then the Soviet Union



(a)  

45.

Hitler wrote the Mein Kampf because he also declared the _____ ___ __________ an outrage and promised to regain German lands lost through the Treaty

(a)  

46.

To Hitler, non-Aryans were (a)  

47.

Which were Aryans?

a)

Germans

b)

Slavs

c)

Jews

d)

Gypsies

48.

Which were non-Aryans?

a)

Jews

b)

Slavs

c)

Glypsies

d)

Germans

49.

  • Form of facism became Nazism Facist



(a)  

50.

  • Hitler had beliefs and goals for (a)  

51.

  • After loans and economic progress stopped, economic downturn led frightened and confused Germans to turn to (a)   for security and firm leadership

52.

 When Hitler comes back from jail and revives Nazi Party he was largely ignored until the Great Depression undid German economic progress and loans from America under the ________ _____ stopped

(a)  

53.

In jail, he wrote, ¨Mein Kampf (¨My Struggle¨)

(a)  

54.

Stormtroopers in the Nazi Party were also known as

(a)  

55.

Hitler attempted to putsch the Munich, and (a)  

56.

Hitler attempted to putsch the (a)   and failed

57.

  • Private militia called the stormtroopers (Brown Shirts)



(a)  

58.

overthrow

(a)  

59.

  •  adoption of swastika



(a)  

60.

  • Brutal political campaign to eliminate opposing members of the Communist Party along with anyone that was a threat



(a)  

61.

National Socialist German Workers Party

(a)  

62.

  • 1919 joined tiny political group - beliefs the Treaty of Versailles must be overturned and communism combat



(a)  

63.

  • WW1 veteran with 2 iron crosses (bravery)



(a)  

64.

This lasted between 1936-1938

(a)  

65.

  • Centered on government control of the economy



(a)  

66.

  • Launched the Great Purges and Collectivization of agriculture where millions of Russians will die



(a)  

67.

Published Interest and Money in 1936

(a)  

68.

the old theory that in a free economy, depressions should be left to resolve themselves without governmental interference

(a)  

69.

The Popular Front is also known as the

(a)  

70.

  • Used secret police to jail opponents



(a)  

71.

  •  Government sensors  forced radio stations and publications to broadcast or print only Fascist doctrines



(a)  

72.

The United States failed to join the League of Nations because most Americans didn't want to be involved in ________ _____.

(a)  

73.

  • Tried to control the economy by allying Fascists with industrialists and larger landowners



(a)  

74.

  • Benito Mussolini (IL Duce) organized fascist groups throughout (a)  

75.

In Italy, (a)   were organized to terrorize all opposition

76.

 30,000 fascists marched on Rome and demanded that King _______ ________ _____ put Mussolini in charge of the government

(a)  

77.

believed Mussolini was Italy’s best chance for ________ _____________'s dynasty to survive

(a)  

78.

After violence and a threatening uprising, Mussolini took power of (a)  

79.

In Rome, Mussolini abolished (a)   and outlawed all political parties (except the Fascist Party)

80.

  • All who resisted Stalin during the Soviet Union to combine small family farms were forced to starve and moved to labor camps in (a)  

81.

  • General ___________ ________ led the rebels and formed a military dictatorship during the Spanish Civil War



(a)  

82.

Established a dictatorship that favored large landowners, businesspeople, and the Catholic clergy.

(a)  

83.

Franco's forced captured (a)   in 1939 during the Spanish Civil War.

84.

  • U.S.S.R. helped the Republicans and many Americans volunteered  during the



(a)  

85.

  • Italy and Germany helped the Nationalists during the



(a)  

86.

During the _________ _____ _______ fascist rebels revolted against the established elected government of Spain

(a)  

87.

In the Soviet Union (a)   forced peasants to combine their small family farms.

88.

  • But…Mussolini never achieved _______ _______ like Hitler or Stalin.



(a)  

89.

The U.S. Senate, despite Woodrow Wilson's wishes, refused to ratify, or approve the ______ ____ _______

(a)  

90.

Since the United States couldn't be a member of the League of Nations, this would automatically weaken the organization's (a)  

91.

What was the desire of France between 1919 and 1924?

(a)  

92.

The Allied Reparations Commission determined that (a)   owed 132 billion marks (33 billion U.S. dollars) for reparations, and had to pay in annual installments of 2.5 billion

93.

The German government tried to pay their reparations but then was faced with financial problems. France was outraged and sent troops to occupy ____ ____.

(a)  

94.

Germany's chief industrial and mining center. France planned to collect reparations from Germany by operating and using the (a)   mines and factories.

95.

(a)   workers went on strike, and the government mainly paid their salaries by printing more paper money.

96.

In August 1924, an international commission produced a new plan for reparations.

(a)  

97.

The _______ _____, named after the American banker who chaired the commission first reduced reparations.

(a)  

98.

  • Granted $200M loan for German recovery



(a)  

99.

  • Coordinated Germany's annual payments with its ability to pay



(a)  

100.

  • Abolished democracy and outlawed all political parties (except the Fascist Party)



(a)  

101.
  •  fear of a workers revolt = won what support from

a)

middle class leaders

b)

aristocrats leaders

c)

industrial leaders

d)

landowner leaders

102.

  • Mussolini´s ________ ________ attacked communists and socialists - fear of a workers revolt = won support from the middle classes, aristocrats, and industrial leaders



(a)  

103.

Benito Mussolini promised to revive the economy and rebuild the ______ ______, promised strong leadership

(a)  

104.

  • Benito Mussolini promised to revive the (a)   and rebuild the armed forces, promised strong leadership

105.

  • Included the forced collectivization of the Soviet agriculture-government took control of farms



(a)  

106.

  • Government own all businesses and distributed all resources



(a)  

107.

  • He promised to revive the economy and rebuild the armed forces, promised strong leadership



(a)  

108.

Was a newspaper editor and a politician 

(a)  

109.

He created a new political group in 1919, the League of Combat

(a)  

110.

Began his political career as a socialist.

(a)  

111.

Foreign ministers of Germany and France: Gustav Stresemann and Aristide Briand signed the

(a)  

112.

  • Centered on government control of the economy



(a)  

113.

Established the first European Fascist movement in Italy. (Both first and last name)

(a)  

114.

  •  it guaranteed Germany's new western borders with France and Belgium



(a)  

115.

Fascists promised to revive the (a)  

116.

  • It was viewed by many as the beginning of a new era of European peace



(a)  

117.

glories the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government led by a dictatorial ruler

(a)  

118.

  • There was nothing in the pact that said what the consequences would be if a country violated it 



(a)  

119.

  • Intended to transform the Soviet Union from a peasant society into an industrial superpower



(a)  

120.

Provided reforms that perhaps prevented a social revolution in the US, it included an increased program of public works, including the Works Progress Administration. (no the)

(a)  

121.

What were the causes of the Great Depression

a)

Series of downturns in economies of individual nations

b)
Rise in wages
c)
Increase in government spending
d)

The international financial crisis involving the U.S. stock market

122.

Who set forth the New Deal?

(a)  

123.

In France, Communists, socialists, and radicals formed the ________ ______ _______

(a)  

124.

  • _______ _______ __________ became president in 1932 and set forth the New Deal, a policy of active govt intervention in the economy.



(a)  

125.

  • The response to the Great Depression was that governments tried to cut costs by __________ ______ and raising protective tariffs to exclude foreign goods from home markets which made things worse



(a)  

126.

El duce

(a)  

127.

In (a)   , the Labour Party failed to solve economic problems

128.

  • In (a)   , their response to the Great Depression was where political chaos resulting in 6 different cabinets being formed between 1932-1933

129.

In Britain, the Labour Party failed to solve (a)   problems

130.

  • The _________-_______ ______, signed by 63 nations in 1928 it was written by the U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg and French foreign minister Artiside Briand



(a)  

131.

The _______ ______ was the largest party in Britain

(a)  

132.

Even though France was doing great after the war they suffered ________ ______

(a)  

133.

  • Because of the Great Depression, governments tried to cut costs by lowering wages and raising ________ ______ to exclude foreign goods from home markets which made things worse



(a)  

134.

What were the industries in British that were declining after the war that would lead to unemployment?

a)

Coal

b)

Steel

c)

Textiles

d)

Food

135.

Failed to solve the problems of the Depression in France

(a)  

136.

After the defeat of Germany, (a)   became the strongest power on the European continent

137.

A German democratic state known as the _____ ________ was created and was plagued with problems.

(a)  

138.

Industries in (a)   such as coal, steel, and textiles declined after the war, leading to a rise in unemployment.

139.

  • In Germany, ________ _________ struck in 1930 and unemployment grew to 4.83M people



(a)  

140.

  • The nations pledged to ¨renounce war as an instrument of national policy¨



(a)  

141.

The ____ _____ _______ gave workers the right to collective bargaining, a 40 hour workweek, a two-week paid vacation, and a minimum wage.

(a)  

142.

The ________ ______ faced serious economic problems which led to Germany experiencing runaway inflation.

(a)  

143.

  • Because of the Great Depression government began to have more activity in the (a)  

144.

  • Because of the Great Depression (a)   became more popular

145.
What was the purpose of the League of Nations?
a)
To work together to make sure that another world war would occur.
b)
To work together to make sure that all nations had the same economic plans.
c)
To work together to make sure another world war didn't occur.
146.

started a program for workers that some have called the French New Deal (no the)

(a)